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I liked the BaaBaas jerseys last night. A bit weird with looking like a Saffa uniform, but I thought I'd get one for myself. Nothing at KooGa or ARU websites. Any thoughts?

Totally agree. Why are we playing this kind of rugby? I thought we had got over it a couple of seasons ago. We get smashed in the breakdown every week - even by fucking Fiji - and we don't change. Deans is starting to impres me as the most stubborn coach of the modern era. He has a plan and some...

Well Robbie made a very poor decision in not selecting Al. We embarrassed ourselves tonight which doesn't help anyone.

I thought the same thing when I saw Banahan's name - "oh goodie!"

Great news for Kurtley. Let's hope Part 2 turns out as well.

I dunno. That all sounds a bit cunning to me. As cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on, and is now working for the UN at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning. Whereas I think the real answer is simply that Robbie sees the...

Which tradition? I grew up with gold jerseys with big nmbers, that'll do me for tradition.

The jersey gets a pass mark from me. As you can see from the picture above, it is still far too yellow. God knows whose idea it was to change the jersey from gold to yellow (Reebok?), but it's something that should be corrected ASAP. And the numbers are too small and make them look like soccer...

So, Al Baxter's career is over? Fucking harsh to not bring him into the squad after BA's injury. Yeah I know he's a TH but still. Most of the pundits on G&GR picked Al to start with the Wallabies or the A-team. His omission is a disgrace and I'm mightily pissed off at Robbie for another one of...

No votes for Palu? Clearly you must think that it's the openside flanker's job to get the bal out of rucks, and that the ideal place for a fly-half to receive the ball is about half a metre above his head.

Mate, if Stannard can pass a ball, he must be elevated to the squad. His 7s form shows him to be a very smart rugby player.

G&GR's own Bruce Ross is a scrum equipment guru. Bruce, any thoughts?

Valentine is one of the few haflbacks in the world who is (1) worse than Burgess, and (2) earning money at rugby. I reckon you're partly right about England. They will be shit, but if they play a very direct / spoiling game, could really worry us.

Poor Caucau did himself no favours. I didn't notice Nadolo - did he get a run? I was fairly into the beers by then. The outrageous thing is that the no 3 side in the world plays the no 10 side in the world about every 5 years. In what other sport would that happen? It's fucking sickening that...

Burgess, against almost no pressure, was pants. Big clown pants. Will Genia is now our MVP, as he is so far ahead of the 2nd best, makes such a difference to the attack. Mostly good hitout for the boys. The two things we need to see this season: (1) backs starting to trust each other (2)...

3. Sharpe 2. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) 1. QC (Quade Cooper) + Mitchell and Beale, were equal to QC (Quade Cooper) but I had to give the point to someone

I'm going to stream it from Fox - it will be interesting to see how they perform for the $.

Weird sort of team. Positions 9-15 are pretty close to the G&GR collaborative side. If this is Robbie's A-team, then we've done pretty well, given the atrocities he could have comitted (10. Giteau, 12. Barnes, etc). The forwards, though, you might hope have some speculative decisions. BROWN...

Re: Lealiifano to Waikato good on him for organising this.

From memory, people like and Randell and Umaga felt that they had more games in them. E.g., fro, Wikipedia: When John Mitchell and Robbie Deans took over the coaching of the All Blacks from Wayne Smith and Tony Gilbert in October 2001 it soon became clear Randell's All Black days were numbered...